/*
 Copyright 2007 Ole Rogeberg

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at

 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
package org.lifeyears.services;

import java.util.List;

import org.lifeyears.model.AbstractEntity;

/**
 * A general interface for DAO-operations on entity objects of a specific type.
 * 
 * @author Aleksander Blomskøld
 */
public interface GenericDAOService<T extends AbstractEntity>
{
    T get( Long id );

    void delete( Long id );

    void delete( T entity );

    void save( T entity );

    void update( T entity );

    List<T> getAllList();
}
